Cornucopia’s Take: According to a new meta-analysis, people with prolonged or high-level exposure to glyphosate (the active ingredient in Bayer/Monsanto’s Roundup) are 41% more likely to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The study’s authors focused on the most extreme cases of glyphosate exposure, reasoning that those would be the most likely individuals to develop cancer if glyphosate… Read more »
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U.S. Continues to Allow Harmful Food Additives Banned in Europe
Cornucopia’s Take: Food processors add “value” to baked goods, cereals, packaged snack foods, and other foods often in part by adding preservatives, flavorings, added vitamins and minerals, and food coloring. Some products containing additives allowed by the FDA in the U.S. have been reformulated without them for sale in Europe. The article below details some… Read more »
The Elusive Heritage Breed Turkey
Cornucopia’s Take: The Broad Breasted White turkey, bred to have such a large breast that it is physically unable to reproduce naturally, is ubiquitous in the marketplace. Seeking a more humane and tasty bird, many consumers now seek heritage breed turkeys. Consumers should look closer still to make sure they are getting what they think… Read more »
New Monsanto Documents Reveal Scientific Manipulation
Cornucopia’s Take: This new batch of documents sheds further light on Monsanto’s behind the curtain relationship with regulatory bodies and describes the less-than-robust testing on the chemical formulation of Roundup. Roundup is not allowed for use in organic production. New ‘Monsanto Papers’ Add To Questions Of Regulatory Collusion, Scientific Mischief HuffPost by Carey Gillam Source:… Read more »
Let Them Eat Dirt! Our Obsession with Hygiene is Jeopardising our Children’s Health
The Telegraph by Eleanor Steafel Source: Kristi White It’s a nerve-wrecking time to be a parent. Every week, mothers are chastised with the seemingly endless list of chronic childhood illnesses their little ones might contract, from autoimmune diseases like eczema or asthma to nut allergies, dairy intolerances, to behavioural disorders such as ADHD. But what… Read more »
The Family Peach Farm That Became A Symbol Of The Food Revolution
NPR – The Salt by Dan Charles Source: Shihmei Barger 舒詩玫 In the heart of California’s Central Valley, a vast expanse of orchards, vineyards, and vegetable fields, lies a small collection of aging peach trees. Farmer Mas Masumoto’s decision to preserve those trees, and then to write about it, became a symbol of resistance to… Read more »
Roundup Weedkiller Found In 75% of Air and Rain Samples, Gov. Study Finds
GreenMedInfo by Sayer Ji The GM farming system has made exposure to Roundup herbicide a daily fact of our existence, and according to the latest US Geological Survey study its probably in the air you are breathing… A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey, accepted for publication online ahead of print in the journal Enviromental… Read more »
N.C. Raw Milk Consumers Go Out of State
Pennsylvania farmers tap into demand for product N.C. law prohibits Carolina Journal Online By Sara Burrows RALEIGH — Selling unpasteurized milk has been illegal in North Carolina for three decades. But that hasn’t stopped growing numbers of families around the state from going to extreme lengths to obtain it. Some travel to South Carolina, where… Read more »
That Fresh Look, Genetically Buffed
New York Times By Andrew Pollack A small company is trying to bring to market a genetically engineered apple that does not turn brown when sliced or bruised. But it has much of the rest of the apple industry seeing red. The company, Okanagan Specialty Fruits, says the nonbrowning apple will prove popular with consumers… Read more »
How California’s GM Food Referendum May Change What America Eats
The vast majority of Americans want genetically modified food labelled. If California passes November’s ballot, they could get it The Guardian (UK) by Richard Schiffman Last month, nearly 1m signatures were delivered to county registrars throughout California calling for a referendum on the labeling of genetically engineered foods. If the measure, “The Right to Know… Read more »
